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NEWS & HIGHLIGHTSSTREET DATE: OCTOBER 14, 2014

October’s priority releases have a strong focus on the piano. Bach expert Angela Hewitt explores The Art of Fugue (p.15), Andreas Staier continues his survey of the music of Schumann (p.8) and Denis Kozhukhin plays sonatas by Haydn (p.25). Volume 64 of Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series features works by Oswald and Napoloão played by Artur Pizarro (p.19) and Maria João Pires plays the Schumann concerto in a set launching Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s new Mendelssohn symphony cycle for LSO Live (p.21). October’s wealth of concerto recordings also includes Jack Liebeck playing Bruch on volume 17 of Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series (p.18). Valery Gergiev leads the LSO in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique (p.22) and conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra on an opulent DVD and Blu-ray set of Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet (p.23). Baroque music is also featured this month, with a recording of early Italian works played by violinist Rachel Podger (p.7), an album of Vivaldi recorder concertos featuring Maurice Steger (p.11), acclaimed countertenor Lawrence Zazzo singing a selection of arias by Handel, Bononcini and Ariosti (p.9) and new artists Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion performing J.S. Bach’s little-known Köthener Trauermusik (p.10). Hyperion’s star ensemble Polyphony returns to the music of Arvo Pärt for their second album of the Estonian composer’s choral works (p.17). In non-classical releases, our top priority is Daniel Lavoie’s charming reading of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf in a jazz arrangement featuring The Amazing Keystone Big Band (p.29). Other key releases include Afrobeat legend Tony Allen’s Jazz Village début Film of Life, an album that features a cameo from rocker Damon Albarn (p.35), and quirky French band Lo’Jo’s special set celebrating their 35-year career (p.36).

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“A must listen, shedding newlight on an evergreen favorite.”—CLASSIC FM

“The young vanguard for Renaissance polyphony...”—IONARTS

“Listening to this gloriousCD is a heavenly experience.”—GRAMOPHONE

Matthias Goerne’s Schubert WinterreiseMatthias Goerne’s highly acclaimed series of Schubert lieder recordings concludes with a powerful account of Winterreise. The mood here is tense, urgent, even harrowing. This winter landscape expects no spring to come. In the intimate atmosphere of this recording, more than in concert, Goerne’s path to oblivion finds its echo in our innermost selves. Pianist Christoph Eschenbach provides superb accompaniment.

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IMPORT Delphian presents Christmas with the Shepherds - a unique album from Rory McCleery and The Marian Consort that illuminates a little-known and fascinating musical connection. Jean Mouton’s 1515 motet Quaeramus cum pastoribus was hugely popular

with the public and fellow composers alike. This disc features works that were inspired by this hit tune, including a mass by Cristóbal de Morales and the world première recording of a motet to the same text by Annibale Stabile.

IMPORTIt was with typical discernment that Geoffrey Webber, director of the Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, responded to a request to put together his dream Christmas collection. Opening with Jan Sandström’s sublime

deconstruction of Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, Webber’s classy choir reveals and delights in equal measure, finding space for both the Venetian lushness of Gabrieli and the distilled purity of Webern in a seasonal collection which is also sprinkled with unexpected gems of more recent provenance.

Christmas with the Shepherds Renaissance Choral Music by Mouton, Morales & Stabile

The Marian Consort, Rory McCleeryDelphian • DCD 34145

Dormi Jesu - A Caius ChristmasMusic from Renaissance Europe on Venetian Viols

Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey WebberDelphian • DCD 34152

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IMPORT Under the direction of Graham Ross, the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and The Dmitri Ensemble celebrate the legacy of European and English carols in this Christmas program. Listeners will enjoy settings by Praetorius and Bach alongside later examples by Mendelssohn, Schoenberg, Britten and Tavener.

Lux de caelo - Music for Christmas

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge,Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Rossharmonia mundi • HMU 907615

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IMPORTThis third volume of Andreas Staier’s series devoted to the piano music of Robert Schumann begins with his first published composition, the Abegg Variations, and ends with his very last work, posthumously published Geistervariationen. The road he traveled between the two works was a long one, yet this program also brings out the consistency of the poetic urge that gives Schumann’s music its matchless powers of evocation.

Carols from the Old and New Worlds Vol.3

Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillierharmonia mundi • HMU 807610

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DOMESTIC SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & 3-channel/ DSDAnalogue Productions presents two more titles in their series of SACD remasters of RCA Living Stereo recordings. On the first, Fritz Reiner leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev’s suite from Lieutenant Kijé and Stravinsky’s Song of the Nightingale. On The Reiner Sound he leads the CSO in orchestral music by Rachmaninov and Ravel. As with all the discs in this series, these SACD releases were sourced from original session tapes that were carefully restored and remastered by Sterling Sound. The sound is clearer than the original LPs and warmer and richer than any previous CD version.

PROKOFIEV Lieutenant KijéSTRAVINSKY The Song of the Nightingale

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz ReinerAnalogue Productions • CAPC 2150 SA

The Reiner SoundRAVEL Rapsodie Espagnole, Pavane pour une Infante défunteRACHMANINOV Isle of the Dead

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz ReinerAnalogue Productions • CAPC 2183 SA

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDViolinist Rachel Podger’s Perla Barocca, which features works by ten key composers of the 17th Century, showcases eleven sublime examples of early Italian Baroque chamber music. Some of these composers dominated the repertory; others left behind only a handful of works. Here, they come together to convey the diverse musical landscape at an excitingly rich and creative point in history. Podger is supported by harpsichordist and organist Marcin Świątkiewicz and Daniele Caminiti on theorbo.

Perla BaroccaEarly Italian Masterpieces

Rachel Podger (violin), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord & organ), Daniele Caminiti (theorbo)Channel Classics • CCS SA 36014

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“Podger makes nearly everybody else sound like a beginner.”

—AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE

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IMPORTThis third volume of Andreas Staier’s series devoted to the piano music of Robert Schumann begins with his first published composition, the Abegg Variations, and ends with his very last work, posthumously published Geistervariationen. The road he traveled between the two works was a long one, yet this program also brings out the consistency of the poetic urge that gives Schumann’s music its matchless powers of evocation.

SCHUMANN Abegg-Variationen Op.1, Theme & Variations WoO 24 Geistervariationen, Fantasiestücke Opp.12 & 111

Andreas Staier (piano)harmonia mundi • HMC 902171

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“Staier’s fortepiano is deliciously transparent, his musicianship revelatory.”

—THE BUFFALO NEWS

Schumann: Hommage à Bachharmonia mundi • HMC 901989 (794881891429)“A new and invaluable perspective on Schumann.”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORTSACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSDFounded in 1719 as the first opera company in the English-speaking world, the Royal Academy of Music commissioned and premièred some of the finest 18th-century operas, including Handel’s Giulio Cesare. On this exciting album, renowned American countertenor Lawrence Zazzo is joined by La Nuova Musica and David Bates for a snapshot of the Academy’s hits circa 1725 featuring arias by Handel, Ariosti and Bononcini.

A Royal TrioArias by Handel, Bononcini & Ariosti

Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), La Nuova Musica, David Batesharmonia mundi • HMU 807590

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“A countertenor of gorgeous tone, superb control throughout the range, excellent muscianship

and handsome bearing”—THE NEW YORK TIMES

Handel: Il pastor fidoharmonia mundi • HMU 907585 (093046758523)“La Nuova Musica radiates the Arcadian balm of Handel’s instrumental music.”—FINANCIAL TIMES

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IMPORTWhen Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen died in 1728, his former Kapellmeister had not forgotten the five brilliant years he had spent in the prince’s service. He wrote a cantata dedicated to his memory based on the music of two major works of the mid 1720s - the Trauer-Ode and the St. Matthew Passion. Although the score to the Köthener Trauermusik is lost, the wordbook and other sources of information have now made it possible to create a performing edition. In his first recording for harmonia mundi, Raphaël Pichon leads the ensemble Pygmalion in a rediscovery of this little-known work.

BACH Köthener Trauermusik, BWV244a

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichonharmonia mundi • HMC 902211

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“Raphaël Pichon and the ensemblePygmalion are excellent.”

—GRAMOPHONE

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IMPORTIt may come as a surprise to some that the violin was not the most frequently played instrument in the early 18th century: that distinction belongs to the recorder. Vivaldi was among the composers most sensitive to the instrument’s complex identity, as he shows in his concertos for recorder. On this disc, acclaimed virtuoso Maurice Steger offers highly impressive versions of such popular works as La pastorella, Il gardellino, and the evergreen La notte.

VIVALDI Concerti per flauto

Maurice Steger (recorder), I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolisharmonia mundi • HMC 902190

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“Maurice Steger holds the title of world’s greatest recorder virtuoso. He is also utterly unique...”

—THE BUFFALO NEWS

Una Follia di Napoliharmonia mundi • HMC 902135 (3149020213520)“Maurice Steger brings these treasures back to life...”—EARLY MUSIC NEWS

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SCHÜTZ Weihnachts-Historie

Concerto VocaleRené Jacobsharmonia mundi • HMA 1951310

J.S. BACH Advent Cantatas

Collegium Vocale GentPhilippe Herrewegheharmonia mundi • HMA 1951605

Christmas Organ

René Saorgin (organ)harmonia mundi • HMA 1958199

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CLASSICAL OCTOBER 2014

IMPORTRemains Available as HMX 2921310

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IMPORTPreviously Available as HMC 901605

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IMPORTRemains Available as HMX 2928199

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IMPORTOriginally Released November 2009When it was first released five years ago, this spectacular set, which offers a quintessential selection of western sacred music, became an instant collector’s item. Available again as a limited edition, this deluxe collection features critically acclaimed recordings of more than seventy cornerstone works, ranging from the earliest Christian chants to gospel songs. The performers include some of today’s finest artists, including René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul Hillier and William Christie. The set’s luxury clamshell style box contains 29 discs of music and one PDF disc with sung texts.

Sacred Music

Chapelle Royale; Philippe Herreweghe; Collegium Vocale Gent, René Jacobs; Choir of Magdalen College, Bill Ives; Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier; Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel; Les Arts Florissants, William Christie; Stile Antico; and many moreharmonia mundi • HMX 2908304

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BACHChristmas OratorioBEETHOVENMissa SolemnisBERNSTEINMassBOCCHERINIStabat MaterBRAHMSGerman RequiemBYRDMass for 4 VoicesCHARPENTIERTe DeumCOUPERINLeçon de Ténèbres

DURUFLÉRequiemFAURERequiemHANDELMessiahJOSQUINMissa Pange linguaLASSUSMissa “Tous les regretz”MACHAUTMesse de Notre DameMENDELSSOHNPaulusMONTEVERDIVespro della Beata Vergine

MOZARTRequiemPALESTRINAMissa Viri GalilaeiPERGOLESIStabat MaterPOULENCMass, MotetsRACHMANINOVVespersROSSINIStabat MaterSCARLATTIIl primo omicidioVIVALDIStabat Mater

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IMPORTThe Choir of Westminster Abbey presents a program of memorial music composed in England and France in the shadow of two World Wars. Throughout the past century the Abbey has been a focus of national remembrance on Armistice Day. Featured works here include Duruflé’s Requiem and O God, our help in ages past, the “great ceremonial hymn of the English nation.” The work has been a constant and reassuring presence, from the Burial Service of the Unknown Warrior in 1920 to the Service commemorating the Passing of the World War One Generation in 2009.

Music for Remembrance

Choir of Westminster Abbey, Britten Sinfonia,James O’DonnellHyperion • CDA 68020

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Also availableRejoice, the Lord is king! Hyperion • CDA 68013 (034571280134)

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“This choir has been setting standards for years, and their many recordings are a testament to a vast heritage of

excellence that they represent.”—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

IMPORTAngela Hewitt’s eagerly anticipated recording of Bach’s ultimate masterpiece, The Art of Fugue, is destined to be the crowning achievement of her Bach cycle for Hyperion — a revelatory recording and performing project which has taken her all over the world and won her international acclaim and millions of dedicated fans. With decades of experience behind her, she breathes fresh air into the most complex keyboard-writing of Bach, bringing it to life with crystalline clarity and thoughtful sincerity.

J.S. BACH The Art of Fugue

Angela Hewitt (piano)Hyperion • CDA 67980

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Also availableBach: Well-Tempered ClavierHyperion • CDA 67741 (034571177410)“This is a defining moment in the performance history of the ‘48.’” —BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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“A mastery of the Bach idiom that few today possess...”—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

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IMPORTHyperion presents a third volume in their acclaimed Debussy songs series, accompanied and curated by pianist Malcolm Martineau, with booklet notes by French music expert par excellence Roger Nichols. Young soprano Jennifer France, winner of the Song Prize at the 2014 Kathleen Ferrier Awards and making her debut on the label, has a thrillingly expressive voice of diamantine beauty and is an ideal performer of these songs. Baritone Jonathan McGovern also performs with warm tone and great musical sensitivity.

DEBUSSY Songs - Vol.3

Jennifer France (soprano), Jonathan McGovern (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)Hyperion • CDA 68016

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Debussy: Songs Vol.1Hyperion • 67357 (034571173573)

Debussy: Songs Vol.2Hyperion • CDA 67883 (034571178837)

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“This is a true collaboration.”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

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IMPORTStephen Layton and Polyphony have a special relationship with the music of Arvo Pärt. The extraordinary purity of Polyphony’s singing is the perfect vehicle for music of such clean, elemental simplicity, such cathartic calm. Their recording of Triodion and other choral works won a Gramophone Award and became a cult classic. The selections on this album span nearly five decades — from 1963 to 2012. A range of biblical texts are set alongside ancient prayers, and the works feature several different languages.

PÄRT Choral Music

Polyphony, Stephen LaytonHyperion • CDA 68056

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Also availablePart: TriodionHyperion • CDA 67375 (034571173757)“A triumph… Polyphony’s is a gorgeous performance.”—GRAMOPHONE

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“The singing of Polyphony is of exceptional musicality, the voices blending expertly…”

—VOIX DES ARTS

IMPORTViolinist Jack Liebeck brings his formidable technique to the first of three albums for Hyperion focusing on music by Max Bruch. This program, volume seventeen in the acclaimed Romantic Violin Concerto series, presents one of Bruch’s most popular pieces for violin and orchestra, the Scottish Fantasy, alongside one of his least known, the Violin Concerto No.3. Anyone hearing Liebeck’s performance may well wonder why this concerto has been neglected for so long.

The Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.17BRUCH Violin Concerto No.3, Scottish Fantasy

Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn BrabbinsHyperion • CDA 68050

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“A splendidly rendered performance from Tanja Becker-Bender.”—GRAMOPHONE

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“Jack Liebeck is a fine player – no doubt about that – with a firm tone and rock-solid technique...”

—GRAMOPHONE

IMPORTPortuguese virtuoso Artur Pizarro makes a welcome return to the Romantic Piano Concerto series with works by two brilliant pianist-composers. The Brazilian Henrique Oswald and the Portuguese Alfredo Napoleão were born in the same year, less than three months apart. Both were child prodigies who became concert pianists, pedagogues and composers. Oswald’s Piano Concerto dates from about 1886. Although influences of Fauré can be detected, its overall character owes more to the late Romantic German style. Napoleão’s Piano Concerto No.2 is undated but was probably composed around the same time as Oswald’s. Pizarro is only the third pianist to champion this spectacular work.

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.64OSWALD Piano Concerto in G minorNAPOLEÃO Piano Concerto No.2

Artur Pizarro (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn BrabbinsHyperion • CDA 67984

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Previous release in the seriesThe Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.63Hyperion • CDA 68043 (034571280431)“Howard Shelley shatters the ‘singular success’ image of Benjamin Godard with a collection of virtuoso keyboard works.”—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

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“Pizarro has no rivals...”—INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW

J.S. BACH The Six Motets

The Sixteen, Harry ChristophersHyperion • CDH 55417

BRAHMS The Complete Trios

Stephen Stirling (horn),Richard Hosford (clarinet), Florestan TrioHyperion • CDD 22082

HANDEL 20 Sonatas Op.1

Rachel Beckett (recorder), Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Paul Goodwin (oboe), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)Hyperion • CDS 44411

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD :: Also includes Blu-ray Audio & Video DiscLSO Live presents the first release in a new Mendelssohn symphony cycle featuring Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Offered in sets containing both SACD and audio/video Blu-ray discs, Gardiner’s interpretations can be seen and heard to full effect. Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.3 and Hebrides Overture were both inspired by his travels to the British Isles, and are among the composer’s most popular works. Also featured on this release is the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires performing Schumann’s Piano Concerto.

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 ‘Scottish,’ Hebrides OvertureSCHUMANN Piano Concerto

Maria João Pires (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot GardinerLSO Live • LSO 0765

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CONCERT REVIEW“This was the London Symphony Orchestra; but, with violins and violas standing and with a new suppleness

and brilliance in their voice, they sounded Romantic and revolutionary. There was a brisk stepping-out, a bracing

scent of the tangle o’ the isles, and tiny, drawn-back moments to glimpse the Romantic sublime.’”

—THE TIMES

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IMPORT SACD Hybrid/ Stereo & Multi-channel/ DSD :: Also includes Blue-Ray Audio & Video DiscBerlioz let his imagination run wild in his music, finding inspiration in all manner of sources, including his own turbulent personal life. His experience of powerful, unrequited love finds its expression in the emotionally charged Symphonie fantastique. There are few orchestras with the music of Berlioz more thoroughly in their blood than the London Symphony Orchestra, and here Valery Gergiev brings to bear his opulent interpretation of this landmark piece. This set includes both an audio SACD and an audio/video Blu-ray disc.

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Waverley Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery GergievLSO Live • LSO 0757

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CONCERT REVIEW“Gergiev came to the platform and launched a seemingly possessed LSO into some of the most thrilling Berlioz one

could ever hope to hear.”—BACHTRACK

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IMPORT DVD & Blu-ray Combo; 152 Minutes; 16:9; Stereo 2.0The Mariinsky label presents Leonid Lavrovsky’s celebrated production of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, offered as a special “Double Play” Blu-ray and DVD set. Filmed in the historic Mariinsky Theatre in 2013 and conducted by Valery Gergiev, it stars Mariinsky ballet dancers Diana Vishneva as Juliet and Vladimir Shklyarov as Romeo. Lavrovsky’s masterpiece was created at the Mariinsky Theatre in January 1940 and the staging has been treasured in St. Petersburg ever since. His choreography creates a grandly moving portrait of the star-crossed lovers and the Renaissance society which frames their tragedy.

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Mariinsky Ballet,Mariinsky Orchestra,Valery GergievMariinsky • MAR 0552

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“A shattering viewing and listening experience.”—THE BOSTON GLOBE

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“Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet is made mesmerisingby the Mariinsky’s star dancers.”

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IMPORT Twenty-year-old clarinetist Raphaël Sévère, blessed with a magnificent technique and glowing tone, is featured on this album of chamber music by Brahms. He is joined by pianist Adam Laloum, whose previous release on Mirare already explored

Brahmsian twilights. Together they demonstrate that, in the burnished autumnal colors of the Clarinet Sonatas, the composer chose the instrument to bid a melancholy farewell to the world. Cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière joins the duo for the elegiac Clarinet Trio.

IMPORT The first woman to win the Warsaw Chopin Competition since Martha Argerich in 1965, Yulianna Avdeeva presents her first solo recording, featuring three major works of the concert repertoire. From Schubertian reverie to the diabolical energy of

Prokofiev by way of the implacable trajectory of the passion of Chopin’s Preludes, her composer of predilection, the youthful Avdeeva deploys a sensational piano technique coupled with a vivid, expressive and poetic palette.

BRAHMS Clarinet Sonatas Nos.1 & 2, Clarinet Trio

Raphaël Sévère (clarinet), Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Adam Laloum (piano)Mirare • MIR 250

CHOPIN Preludes Op.28SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstücke D.946PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No.7

Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)Mirare • MIR 252

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IMPORT For his second Onyx release, pianist Denis Kozhukhin turns to Joseph Haydn. Haydn’s piano sonatas have been unjustly neglected and yet they contain some of his most forward looking music. In the selection here, the worlds of gallant classical style rub shoulders with sturm und drang, and listeners can appreciate the influence Haydn clearly had upon his wayward and headstrong young pupil Beethoven.

HAYDN Piano Sonatas Nos.38, 29, 47 & 59

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)Onyx Classics • ONYX 4118

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“Kozhukhin’s interpretations are mature, fully thought-out, and impressively rendered...”

—AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

IMPORTOpera Rara presents the first complete studio recording of Fantasio, one of Offenbach’s most beautiful and refined works. A heady cocktail of charm, gracefulness and gentle melancholy, Fantasio marks the crucial step in Offenbach’s path towards The Tales of Hoffmann. Conducted by Sir Mark Elder, Opera Rara’s Artistic Director, the cast is led by spectacular performances from Sarah Connolly and the outstanding young American soprano Brenda Rae.

OFFENBACH Fantasio

Brenda Rae (soprano), Sarah Connolly, Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano), Russell Braun (baritone), Neal Davies (bass), Opera Rara Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark ElderOpera Rara • ORC 51

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DOMESTICOrange Mountain Music presents a new recording by the Basel Sinfonieorchester of Philip Glass’s Symphony No.4 “Heroes” based on the music of David Bowie & Brian Eno. Composed in 1996, Glass took his departure from Bowie and Eno’s beautiful melodies in crafting a six-movement, forty-four minute symphony. This new recording conducted by Glass champion Dennis Russell Davies presents a shimmering rendition of this attractive and accessible work.

GLASS Symphony No.4 “Heroes”

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IMPORT A native of Hiroshima, Japan, composer Toshio Hosokawa combines Western classical traditions with an Asian aesthetic philosophy. Hosokawa studied composition with Isang Yun, Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough. This disc from Wergo

features the legendary Arditti Quartet playing quintets and solos that blend eastern and western instruments. Of special note is Threnody, which is dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which claimed more than 20,000 lives.

IMPORT Japanese composer Keiko Harada studied piano, chamber music and conducting at the Toho Gakuen College of Music and studied composition with Manabu Kawai, Akira Miyoshi, Brian Ferneyhough and György Kurtág. This release from Wergo features

pianist Yumiko Meguri and accordion player Stefan Hussong in a selection of three key works by Harada - F-fragments for accordion and piano, Book I for solo accordion and seven selections from Nach Bach, a work inspired by J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier.

HOSOKAWA Quintets & Solos

Arditti String Quartet, Mayumi Miyata (shō), Naoko Yoshino (harp), Tosiya Suzuki (recorder)Wergo • WER 6769

HARADA F-fragments, Book I, Nach Bach

Yumiko Meguri (piano), Stefan Hussong (accordion)Wergo • WER 6786

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IMPORTFile in: JazzQuebec’s own Daniel Lavoie narrates this jazzed-up version of Prokofiev’s classic Peter and the Wolf with the help of The Amazing Keystone Big Band. This superb reworking of a timeless classic is a great way to introduce jazz to future generations. The booklet includes a beautiful full-color storybook illustrated by Martin Jarrie.

Commandé en 2012 par le Festival « Jazz à Vienne », et d’abord sorti en France en 2013 avec Denis Podalydès à la narration, le projet a pour objectif de faire découvrir aux enfants et à leurs parents la musique de jazz sous toutes ses formes, à partir d’une adaptation originale du conte de Serge Prokofiev ; de la même façon que Prokofiev présentait l’orchestre classique, ce nouvel enregistrement offre à découvrir le grand orchestre de jazz (dit big band), mais aussi l’histoire même du jazz et de l’improvisation à travers son évolution et ses différents genres. C’est ainsi que les célèbres protagonistes rencontreront, sous la férule du narrateur Daniel Lavoie savourant le texte de l’histoire comme un bonbon, de nouvelles personnifications issues des instruments du Big Band : Pierre est incarné par la section rythmique (les « cordes » de l’orchestre de jazz : piano, contrebasse, guitare), l’oiseau par la flûte et la trompette bouchée, les chasseurs par les trompettes et la batterie, le loup par les trombones ; canard, chat et grand-père se partagent la belle famille des saxophones ! (respectivement soprano, ténor et baryton).

Pierre et le loup... et le jazz!

Daniel Lavoie, The Amazing Keystone Big BandChant du Monde • 2742255

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Also availableLa Licorne captiveLe Chant du Monde • 2742285 (3149024228520)“Outstanding”—CBC MUSIC

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IMPORTFile in: JazzInsiders and the cognoscenti have always known about Andy Bey. Given his limited output of studio recordings, live performances have been the source of Bey’s formidable reputation as a singer.

Aretha Franklin recalled nights when Andy used to work the Village in New York, saying, “Soon as I finished my gig I’d run over to hear him. Andy never got the recognition he deserved.” Decades may have intervened between then and now but the vivid performances, such as those contained in Pages From an Imaginary Life, haven’t dimmed.

IMPORTFile in: JazzTalisman brings together famed jazz percussionist and GRAMMY® nominee Sammy Figueroa and Brazilian singer-songwriter Glaucia Nasser. Featuring guitarist Chico Pinheiro, pianist/

composer Bianca Gismonti and pandeiro virtuoso Bernardo Aguiar, it is an album full of surprises. Representing the rich tradition of Clara Nunes and Milton Nascimento, Nasser’s pure sound is heartfelt, transcending language. ‘Like peanut butter and chocolate’, this combination of Latin jazz percussion and Brazilian song results in a delicious and unexpected treat.

Pages From an Imaginary Life

Andy BeyHighNote • HCD 7266

Talisman

Sammy Figueroa, Glaucia NasserSavant • SCD 2144

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IMPORTFile in: JazzFrom Gil Evans to Youn Sun Nah, from the Orchestre National de Jazz to Lars Danielsson, Xavier Desandre Navarre has played with the cream of the international jazz scene. He has also

made forays into pop, French chanson, world music and film scores. This innovative percussionist, known to his peers as “the wizard,” presents his first solo album, entitled In-Pulse. On it, Navarre’s quartet radiates with his luminous brilliance.

IMPORTFile in: JazzFrench saxophonist Sylvain Rifflet’s music goes far beyond jazz, taking in experimental rock and contemporary music of all sorts. In this daring multimedia project, conceived in collaboration with

fellow saxophonist Jon Irabagon, Rifflet breathes new life into the art and spirit of Moondog, a revered New York composer, musician and poet who inspired the likes of Charlie Parker, Allen Ginsberg and Philip Glass. Rifflet’s subtle reworking, a blueprint for creative reinvention, is available here in both audio and video versions.

In-Pulse

Xavier Desandre NavarreJazz Village • JV 570043

Perpetual Motion - A Celebration of Moondog

Sylvain Rifflet, Jon IrabagonJazz Village • JV 570047

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CD + DVD

IMPORTFile in: CountryFloyd Cramer is known as an architect of the “Nashville Sound,” which blended country and pop, but his influence also extended to traditional country and rock and roll. He was a sideman on recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline and many others. Not just a top Nashville sideman, Cramer enjoyed a prolific career as a solo artist as well. Cramer cut 50 instrumental albums and reached Number Two on the pop charts in 1960 and he won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental in 1979. Both these releases from Dutton combine two albums by the legendary Floyd Cramer on one CD.

Class of ‘68; Class of ‘69

Floyd CramerDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4536

Class of ‘70; Class of ‘71

Floyd CramerDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4540

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DOMESTICFile in: SoundtrackHowe Records presents Howard Shore’s complete scores to the films Crash, Dead Ringers and Naked Lunch all newly remastered and containing material not previously released. The 1996 film Crash is a Canadian-British psychological thriller film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on J.G. Ballard’s 1973 novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of people who take sexual pleasure from car accidents. Shore’s music for Crash is among those truly rare times when a film composer and his subject mesh perfectly. The 1988 thriller Dead Ringers starred Jeremy Irons in a dual role as identical twin gynecologists. Cronenberg co-wrote the screenplay with Norman Snider. Naked Lunch is a 1991 science fiction drama film written and directed by Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider. It is a film adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s 1959 novel of the same name. Howard Shore again masters the mood with this foray into the seamy underworld of Burroughs.

Crash Complete Original Score - Remastered

Howard ShoreHowe Records • HWR 1015

Dead Ringers Complete Original Score - Remastered

Howard ShoreHowe Records • HWR 1016

Naked Lunch Complete Original Score - Remastered

Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman, London Philharmonic OrchestraHowe Records • HWR 1017

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IMPORTFile in: World / Middle East / IranThe Sacred Lute - The Art of Ostad Elahi, a special exhibition presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the first American exhibition examining the transformative music and life of Ostad Elahi (1895-1974), a renowned Persian musician. This commemorative CD-Book offers a unique window into the inner states and spiritual landscapes that Ostad Elahi began experiencing as a child prodigy and continued to explore until the end of his life.

The Sacred Lute - The Art of Ostad Elahi

Ostad ElahiChant du Monde • 8742259

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Also availablePresence Vol.10Le Chant du Monde • 7742300 (3149024230073)

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IMPORTFile in: World / AfricaFor his tenth album, Tony Allen, the co-creator of Afrobeat, has pulled out all the stops. At his side are French producers The Jazzbastards and fellow world-class musicians including Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, The Good the Bad & the Queen, Blur). With Film of Life, Allen has produced an album that has the ring of a true self-portrait, offering an overview of his rich and exemplary career that brings together bebop, Afrobeat jazz and psychedelic pop.

Film of Life

Tony AllenJazz Village • JV 570032

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“One of the most influential drummers of our dayand the heartbeat of Afrobeat...”

—NPR

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IMPORTFile in: World / Europe / FranceTo celebrate Lo’Jo’s 32 years together as a band or, to put it another way, their 310 moons, the group from Angers are releasing a landmark double album. The first CD features new instrumental versions of some of the group’s most memorable tracks, arranged by Renaud-Gabriel Pion in the spirit of modern chamber music. The second is a re-release of their very first album, The International Courabou, unobtainable since its début in 1990.

310 Lunes

Lo’JoWorld Village • 479102

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Also availableCinema El MundoWorld Village • 479068 (3149026007123)“Fresh, vital, and beautiful.”—EMUSIC

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“A unique, instantly recognizable sonic signature.”—SONGLINES

IMPORTFile in: World / FinlandRajaton Sings ABBA features ABBA repertoire with symphonic accompaniment from the Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jaakko Kuusisto. Tracks include such favorites as Dancing Queen, Waterloo, Mamma Mia and Fernando. All in all there are thirteen ABBA classics, including three a cappella versions. Upon release in 2006, the album went to number one in Finland and sold platinum in a month. On Rajaton’s second collaboration with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, the group sings fourteen classic tracks by Queen, spanning the group’s whole career. Included are Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, The Show Must Go On and more.

Rajaton Sings ABBA

Rajaton, Lahti Symphony OrchestraPlastinka • PLACD 043

Rajaton Sings Queen

Rajaton, Lahti Symphony OrchestraPlastinka • PLACD 059

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RajatonPlastinka • PLACD 006

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Tarinoita

RajatonBoundless • BRCD 101

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RajatonMusicMakers • MMCD 111


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Love is Blue; Cent Mille Chansons

Paul MauriatDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4523

April in Paris; Music for Romance

George MelachrinoDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4526

Paul Mauriat plays the Beatles; Mamy Blue


Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat Vol.5; Viva Mauriat


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The Cop Show Themes; Symphonic Soul

Henry ManciniDutton Vocalion • CDSML 8504

Hello, Dolly!

The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4529

Calypso Carnival; The Warm Touch

Harry BelafonteDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4532

The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini; The Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini

Henry ManciniDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4525

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The Young Beat of Rome; Candy’s Theme and Other Sweets

Hugo MontenegroDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4534

Hugo Winterhalter Goes... Continental; I Only Have Eyes for You

Hugo WinterhalterDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4531

Peter Nero Plays a Salute to Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass; The Screen Scene Starring Peter Nero

Peter NeroDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4533

Werner Müller plays Elvis’ Greatest Hits; Sing ein Lied; Wunsch-Melodien

Werner MüllerDutton Vocalion • CDLK 4530

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IMPORTFile in: RockThe original version of Rïah Sahïltaahk that was recorded in 1971 is featured on the album 1001° Centigrade (vol. 2). But at the time, its composer, Christian Vander, was unhappy with the arrangement written by the group. This radically new version, adapted to suit the group’s current line-up, is more faithful to the spirit of Magma’s music and its uniquely weird and wonderful prog-rock style.

Rïah Sahïltaahk

MagmaJazz Village • JV 570045

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“After four decades, there is still nothing in rock, prog or otherwise, like Magma. At least in this world.”

—ROLLING STONE

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rAna Moura 2014-11-05 Toronto, ON --> Koerner HallAngela Hewitt 2014-10-02 Guelph, ON --> Guelph Youth Music Centre 2014-10-03 London, ON --> University of Western Ontario 2014-11-13 Aurora, ON --> Aurora Cultural CentreBoris Berezovsky 2014-09-17 Montreal, QC --> Maison symphonique 2014-09-20 Montreal, QC --> Maison symphoniqueChucho Valdes 2014-09-26 Markham, ON --> Flato Markham TheatreDaniel Lavoie 2014-12-05 Ottawa, ON --> NAC StudioGerald Finley - Falstaff 2014-10-03 Toronto, ON --> COC 2014-10-09 Toronto, ON --> COC 2014-10-12 Toronto, ON --> COC 2014-10-14 Toronto, ON --> COC 2014-10-25 Toronto, ON --> COC 2014-10-29 Toronto, ON --> COC 2014-11-01 Toronto, ON --> COCHarold Lopez-Nussa Trio 2014-10-10 Toronto, ON --> Jazz Bistro 2014-10-11 Toronto, ON --> Jazz Bistro 2014-10-12 Toronto, ON --> Jazz Bistro 2014-10-09 Montréal, QC --> L’Astral 2014-10-14 Quebec City, QC --> Quebec International Jazz FestivalMarc-André Hamelin 2014-11-01 Vancouver, BC --> Orpheum Theatre 2014-11-03 Vancouver, BC --> Orpheum TheatrePaul Lewis 2014-11-09 Vancouver, BC --> Chan CentrePavel Kolesnikov 2014-11-16 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver Playhouse 2014-11-22 Regina, SK --> Regina SymphonySimon Trpceski 2014-11-25 Toronto, ON --> St. Lawrence CentreSt. Petersburg Quartet 2014-10-09 Toronto, ON --> St. Lawrence CentreTakács Quartet 2014-09-28 Montréal, QC --> Pollack Hall (LMMC) 2014-12-09 Vancouver, BC --> Vancouver PlayhouseTrio Wanderer 2014-10-02 Toronto, ON --> Walter Hall 2014-10-06 Montreal, QC --> Théâtre Maisonneuve

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